Doctor definition
To doctor accounts.
An example of to doctor is adding salt to a bland meal.
An example of to doctor is a waiter changing the tip amount on a signed credit card bill.
Doctored the evidence.
Doctor the soup with a dash of sherry.
Doctored my standard speech for the small-town audience.
Was ejected because he doctored the ball with a piece of sandpaper.
If you still feel unwell tomorrow, see your doctor.
The doctor of a calico-printing machine, which is a knife to remove superfluous colouring matter.
The doctor, or auxiliary engine, also called "donkey engine"
Her children doctored her back to health.
They doctored their apple trees by vigorous pruning, and now the dwarfed trees are easier to pick.
We may legally doctor a pet to reduce its libido.
Mendel's discoveries showed how the evolution of a species may be doctored.
The students asked to see Doctor Jones.
Doctor Smith carried out the medical procedure.
Well, Doctor, what do you think? Will he live?
An example of doctor is a professer with a doctorate in education.
An example of doctor is a pediatrician.
Origin of doctor
- Middle English an expert, authority from Old French docteur from Latin doctor teacher from docēre to teach dek- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English doctor, doctour (“an expert, authority on a subject”), from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor (“teacher”), from doceō (“I teach”). Displaced native Middle English lerare (“doctor, teacher”) (from Middle English leren (“to teach, instruct”) from Old English lǣran, lēran (“to teach, instruct, guide”), compare Old English lārēow (“teacher, master”)).
From Wiktionary